Danny's Story [What If?]
Chapter 7: Second Guessing
A/N: Someone gave me too much sugar. I think. Or I'm on a Josh high. No one ever promise me Here on Earth, Pearl Harbor, and The Virgin Suicides viewings within the same week. Or else you got one messed up fan fic author. Oh, and there are gonna be a lotta plot twists this chapter. So if you are tired of the same old "I LOVE YOU DANNY!" shit, you'll like this one.
Evelyn woke with a start. She turned and saw Danny sleeping next to her. She breathed in deeply. Why had she been thinking about Rafe? She loved Danny. She realized that the dampness on her face was not tears but sweat.
She threw the covers off of her body. "Ev, you OK?" Danny asked turning to look at her.
"Yea, Danny I'm fine," she whispered. "Now go back to sleep."
"All right," he said and turned towards the wall again. She turned towards the door and walked out of the bedroom. She clicked the door behind her. She knew she needed to talk to Rafe. It was the only way.
But she couldn't very well wake him up at this hour. She took out a piece of paper and planned her speech that she would give him. Or maybe write a note. She saw her stomach. And she was married. About to have her very own child with Danny and she was thinking about Rafe! She put her pen to the paper-
Rafe,
I need to say this to you. I was sleeping next to Danny in our bed and I couldn't think of anyone but you. Rafe, I'm married! And I dream about you! I'm scared now. I'm scared that I might love you more than him! That cannot happen, Rafe! But, I can't ask you to leave. That wouldn't be fair to anyone. Especially you or Danny. But I don't know what to do. I don't want to tell Danny. And I have no one else to turn to. Please help me Rafe.
Evelyn
She folded up the paper and left the apartment. She slid it under Rafe's door and stood out there for a few more moments.
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Rafe couldn't sleep. The words kept repeating in his head. "I'm not...I'm not...gonna...so cold...gonna make it." He paced his small living area. It was late, but he wasn't sure of the exact time.
He saw a piece of paper being forced under his door. He picked it up as soon as it was all the way through. He read it over. "Oh, shit," he whispered. He opened the door, maybe she would still be out there.
He was shocked when he saw her standing with her back towards him. Her head was in her hands. "Evelyn?" he asked. But it was her. There was no doubt about that.
She turned and looked at him, embarrassed that he saw her crying. "Rafe? Oh, did I wake you?" she asked.
"No, no. I was already up. I couldn't sleep," he assured her. He stared into her eyes. He realized she was crying. "We need to talk about this," he said lifting up the piece of paper still in his hand.
"I know. But, does it have to be right now?" she asked looking around. "Right here?"
"It has to be right now. But we can go inside, if you like," he said motioning towards the apartment door.
"Yea, okay. That would be better," she answered.
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Evelyn sat down on the couch. She wasn't relaxed, though. Far from it. She sat on the edge of the couch. Rafe sat on the chair next to the couch.
"Evelyn, I have a confession to make," he said. "I had a dream that Danny died. He went on the raid with me and saved my ass." Evelyn let her lips form into a small smile. "But that's not how it's supposed to be, Evelyn! I'm supposed to protect him, not the other way around."
"But, Rafe, that was only a dream. Danny didn't go on the raid and he is asleep right now. In the apartment next to yours. Not lying in a cemetery," she said comforting him.
"But, that's not the point," he said standing up and pacing the room. "Danny could have died! And if he did, well you and I would have been together. Evelyn, the dream continued. Me and you-we were in Tennessee with your child. It was a boy. We named him Danny. Danny's grave was in our backyard. If he had died-it would be sad and everything, but we would've been together. I want us to be together."
"RAFE! How could you say such a thing? I am married, for Christ's sake. And to your best friend!" Evelyn shouted at him. She looked around, hoping Danny wouldn't wake up from the noise.
"Evelyn, I know. And I don't want to break you up. I just want to be with you. But I won't do anything that would end your relationship with Danny. I think, I don't know what I think! Evelyn, I love you. But I understand you love Danny. And I want to accept that, really. My brain says stop, Evelyn is your best friend's girl. But my heart, and my whole body, is saying that I need to be with you," Rafe said attempting a few more times to sit down.
"Rafe, oh shit, Rafe help me!" Evelyn cried.
"What?" he asked.
"My water just broke...I'm gonna have my baby!" she screamed to him.
"No, not here. Not now! What? Oh, shit. No, Evelyn. What do I do?" Rafe asked.
"Go get Danny," she said with much pain. "GO GET MY HUSBAND!"
"Okay," he said as he ran out the door of his apartment. He saw the door to their apartment was open a crack. He rushed through the door. "WAKE UP!" he screamed. "DANNY, WAKE UP!"
"What?" he asked coming through the bedroom door.
"Your wife is in labor, that's what!" Rafe cried to him. "Danny, you're gonna be a daddy!"
"Where is she?" he asked looking around the apartment.
"In my apartment," Rafe said to him.
"Why is she there?" Danny asked.
"Because she came over to talk to me and then she went into labor," Rafe said blushing a bit.
Rafe grabbed Danny by the arm and pulled him out of their apartment, closing the door behind him. "Evelyn, my god!" Danny cried as they walked into the apartment.
"Get the midwife! The baby is coming, now!" Evelyn called to them. Rafe looked at Danny whose mouth was open in shock.
"Right, right," Danny said and left the room.
Evelyn let out a loud shriek and Rafe grabbed her hand. "Ow!" he cried out in pain.
"Sorry, but I am IN LABOR HERE!" she screamed at him.
"Right, right," Rafe said to her. "Sorry." At that time Danny came in with the small midwife behind him. Danny knelt next to Evelyn and took the place of Rafe.
"Evelyn, it'll be all right," Danny said comforting her. She let out another shriek and squeezed Danny's hand.
"I can see the head," the midwife cried.
"Did you hear that, Ev? She can see the head! You're doing it! That's our baby!" Danny said joyously.
Soon Evelyn's shrieks were replaced by the crying of a newborn baby. "It's a girl!" the midwife proclaimed. She wrapped a blanket around her and handed the baby to Evelyn.
"She's adorable. What are you going to name her?" Rafe asked.
"Elizabeth Mary Walker," Evelyn said smiling. "Or Betty for short."
The two proud parents smiled at their new baby girl. "Oh, so, why were you in here again Evelyn?" Danny asked her.
"We were just talking," Evelyn said and quickly turned her face away from Danny.
"Evelyn, what's this?" Danny asked picking up a piece of paper off of the table. Evelyn and Rafe immediately realized it as the note. Danny's eyes widened in horror as he scanned the page.
Chapter 7: Second Guessing
A/N: Someone gave me too much sugar. I think. Or I'm on a Josh high. No one ever promise me Here on Earth, Pearl Harbor, and The Virgin Suicides viewings within the same week. Or else you got one messed up fan fic author. Oh, and there are gonna be a lotta plot twists this chapter. So if you are tired of the same old "I LOVE YOU DANNY!" shit, you'll like this one.
Evelyn woke with a start. She turned and saw Danny sleeping next to her. She breathed in deeply. Why had she been thinking about Rafe? She loved Danny. She realized that the dampness on her face was not tears but sweat.
She threw the covers off of her body. "Ev, you OK?" Danny asked turning to look at her.
"Yea, Danny I'm fine," she whispered. "Now go back to sleep."
"All right," he said and turned towards the wall again. She turned towards the door and walked out of the bedroom. She clicked the door behind her. She knew she needed to talk to Rafe. It was the only way.
But she couldn't very well wake him up at this hour. She took out a piece of paper and planned her speech that she would give him. Or maybe write a note. She saw her stomach. And she was married. About to have her very own child with Danny and she was thinking about Rafe! She put her pen to the paper-
Rafe,
I need to say this to you. I was sleeping next to Danny in our bed and I couldn't think of anyone but you. Rafe, I'm married! And I dream about you! I'm scared now. I'm scared that I might love you more than him! That cannot happen, Rafe! But, I can't ask you to leave. That wouldn't be fair to anyone. Especially you or Danny. But I don't know what to do. I don't want to tell Danny. And I have no one else to turn to. Please help me Rafe.
Evelyn
She folded up the paper and left the apartment. She slid it under Rafe's door and stood out there for a few more moments.
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Rafe couldn't sleep. The words kept repeating in his head. "I'm not...I'm not...gonna...so cold...gonna make it." He paced his small living area. It was late, but he wasn't sure of the exact time.
He saw a piece of paper being forced under his door. He picked it up as soon as it was all the way through. He read it over. "Oh, shit," he whispered. He opened the door, maybe she would still be out there.
He was shocked when he saw her standing with her back towards him. Her head was in her hands. "Evelyn?" he asked. But it was her. There was no doubt about that.
She turned and looked at him, embarrassed that he saw her crying. "Rafe? Oh, did I wake you?" she asked.
"No, no. I was already up. I couldn't sleep," he assured her. He stared into her eyes. He realized she was crying. "We need to talk about this," he said lifting up the piece of paper still in his hand.
"I know. But, does it have to be right now?" she asked looking around. "Right here?"
"It has to be right now. But we can go inside, if you like," he said motioning towards the apartment door.
"Yea, okay. That would be better," she answered.
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Evelyn sat down on the couch. She wasn't relaxed, though. Far from it. She sat on the edge of the couch. Rafe sat on the chair next to the couch.
"Evelyn, I have a confession to make," he said. "I had a dream that Danny died. He went on the raid with me and saved my ass." Evelyn let her lips form into a small smile. "But that's not how it's supposed to be, Evelyn! I'm supposed to protect him, not the other way around."
"But, Rafe, that was only a dream. Danny didn't go on the raid and he is asleep right now. In the apartment next to yours. Not lying in a cemetery," she said comforting him.
"But, that's not the point," he said standing up and pacing the room. "Danny could have died! And if he did, well you and I would have been together. Evelyn, the dream continued. Me and you-we were in Tennessee with your child. It was a boy. We named him Danny. Danny's grave was in our backyard. If he had died-it would be sad and everything, but we would've been together. I want us to be together."
"RAFE! How could you say such a thing? I am married, for Christ's sake. And to your best friend!" Evelyn shouted at him. She looked around, hoping Danny wouldn't wake up from the noise.
"Evelyn, I know. And I don't want to break you up. I just want to be with you. But I won't do anything that would end your relationship with Danny. I think, I don't know what I think! Evelyn, I love you. But I understand you love Danny. And I want to accept that, really. My brain says stop, Evelyn is your best friend's girl. But my heart, and my whole body, is saying that I need to be with you," Rafe said attempting a few more times to sit down.
"Rafe, oh shit, Rafe help me!" Evelyn cried.
"What?" he asked.
"My water just broke...I'm gonna have my baby!" she screamed to him.
"No, not here. Not now! What? Oh, shit. No, Evelyn. What do I do?" Rafe asked.
"Go get Danny," she said with much pain. "GO GET MY HUSBAND!"
"Okay," he said as he ran out the door of his apartment. He saw the door to their apartment was open a crack. He rushed through the door. "WAKE UP!" he screamed. "DANNY, WAKE UP!"
"What?" he asked coming through the bedroom door.
"Your wife is in labor, that's what!" Rafe cried to him. "Danny, you're gonna be a daddy!"
"Where is she?" he asked looking around the apartment.
"In my apartment," Rafe said to him.
"Why is she there?" Danny asked.
"Because she came over to talk to me and then she went into labor," Rafe said blushing a bit.
Rafe grabbed Danny by the arm and pulled him out of their apartment, closing the door behind him. "Evelyn, my god!" Danny cried as they walked into the apartment.
"Get the midwife! The baby is coming, now!" Evelyn called to them. Rafe looked at Danny whose mouth was open in shock.
"Right, right," Danny said and left the room.
Evelyn let out a loud shriek and Rafe grabbed her hand. "Ow!" he cried out in pain.
"Sorry, but I am IN LABOR HERE!" she screamed at him.
"Right, right," Rafe said to her. "Sorry." At that time Danny came in with the small midwife behind him. Danny knelt next to Evelyn and took the place of Rafe.
"Evelyn, it'll be all right," Danny said comforting her. She let out another shriek and squeezed Danny's hand.
"I can see the head," the midwife cried.
"Did you hear that, Ev? She can see the head! You're doing it! That's our baby!" Danny said joyously.
Soon Evelyn's shrieks were replaced by the crying of a newborn baby. "It's a girl!" the midwife proclaimed. She wrapped a blanket around her and handed the baby to Evelyn.
"She's adorable. What are you going to name her?" Rafe asked.
"Elizabeth Mary Walker," Evelyn said smiling. "Or Betty for short."
The two proud parents smiled at their new baby girl. "Oh, so, why were you in here again Evelyn?" Danny asked her.
"We were just talking," Evelyn said and quickly turned her face away from Danny.
"Evelyn, what's this?" Danny asked picking up a piece of paper off of the table. Evelyn and Rafe immediately realized it as the note. Danny's eyes widened in horror as he scanned the page.
